Some French people suck.

I have this Eurail pass where you pay for it then get all the trains you want in 8 days of a period of 2 months...

anyway, we used it for my recent trip to Nancy, and I was on the train there and showed the guy my ticket, but he said it's valid only with the Eurail pass. I said oops, I have one, but it's not here, my parents in Paris still have it. Then he made me buy a new ticket for sixty euro.

Later I rang parents to say I'm gonna be in trouble on the return journey. They texted this morning saying they've arranged it at the station in Paris, the ticket guy will know about it. But he came along and didn't know about it. And I couldn't speak to him until a nice girl translated our conversation. And I pleaded my case and said he was supposed to have been told.

But he wouldn't listen. He asked me to buy a ticket and I said I haven't got the money. So he wrote out a fine, asking to see my passport and asking for my address, and I thought ok that's cool i'll just get it cancelled at the station. Cause I'll show them the ticket and the pass, AND my parents will remind them they said it was all FINE. But at the desk my mum just got told there's nothing they can do, we should probably pay the fine and then apply for a refund. So now, as I write this, Dad's waiting in line at the station to pay the fine. He wanted to just not pay it, but we thought it might jeopardise my future travel in France!

So that's my ordeal. Some French people are unbelievably nice, like the girl who heard me talking to the inspector and offered to help me. And some suck. Like the inspector, or the man who failed to tell him my situation.

Goodbye.